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Sunburn
type: Culinary, Cider, Dessert
synonyms: Thorrington Sunburn
summary: This is one of several apples developed by F.W. Thorrington of Hornchurch, Essex (U.K.) during the early 1900s.
identification: Small to medium, round to round-conic with lightly ribbed faces. The base colour is orange-yellow over which is a red wash and marked with striping that fades toward the sun-shaded face. The calyx is large and closed, set in a shallow basin. The stem is very short and stout, set in a medium deep, narrow cavity which is sometimes surrounded with russet.
characteristics: The flesh is creamy white, soft. Sweet and slightly tart. Aromatic.
origins: Developed and raised from an open pollinated Cox’s Orange Pippin by F. W. Thorrington of Hornchurch, Essex (U.K.) during the early 1900s. Fruit from this cross were introduced at the National Fruit Trials in 1925.
cultivation: Small, spreading tree. Bears fruit on spurs. Produces light crops.
cold storage: Keeps up to three months.
harvest: In the first half of the fifth period.
notes: Thorrington's other apples from this cross are Rosy Blenheim , Francis , Ruby (Thorrington) and Daniel Fele Renet .
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 15
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 12
harvest period: 5
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